Paronychia canadensis (Linnaeus) Alph. Wood. Common name: Canada Whitlow-wort, Forked Chickweed. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Dry rocky woods, shale barrens. Distribution: NH and s. ON west to MN, south to n. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), AL, n. AR, c. LA, and KS.
ID notes: This species is somewhat taller on average than P. fastigiata or P. montana.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA5, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV, Chaudhri (1968); = Anychia canadensis (L.) Elliott — S; ? Anychia canadensis (L.) Elliott — S13; ? Paronychia dichotoma (L.) Nutt. — S13. Basionym: Queria canadensis L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Paronychia canadensis - FNA5
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, bushy-branched annual of dry rocky woods and shale barrens.
Stems: Stems with finely forked branches, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, elliptic to oval with blunt tips, 1/4-1 in. long, with dark glandular dots.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers sessile and 1-2 in the axils of leaf-like bracts; greenish-white; tiny; cup-shaped; consisting of 5 petal-like sepals with a green to brownish mid-vein and whitish edges, 5 stamens and 2 short styles.
Fruits: Fruit a reddish-brown, rounded capsule with persistent sepals.
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Height: 3-16 in.
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description: Erect, bushy-branched annual of dry rocky woods and shale barrens.
stems: Stems with finely forked branches, smooth.
leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, elliptic to oval with blunt tips, 1/4-1 in. long, with dark glandular dots.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers sessile and 1-2 in the axils of leaf-like bracts; greenish-white; tiny; cup-shaped; consisting of 5 petal-like sepals with a green to brownish mid-vein and whitish edges, 5 stamens and 2 short styles.
fruits: Fruit a reddish-brown, rounded capsule with persistent sepals.
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